[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Good, general-purpose Linux LiveCD?
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       Ask HN: Good, general-purpose Linux LiveCD?
        
       Knoppix sadly appears to be a moribund project. Does anyone have a
       recommendation for a generally useful Linux LiveCD? I could simply
       download the live versions of Ubuntu or Debian, but I really liked
       the live-first, all-purpose nature of Knoppix.
        
       Author : cylinder714
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2023-12-02 16:30 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
       | night-rider wrote:
       | Most distros have a live mode for the purpose of setting up the
       | OS and to try the OS before using it. I personally like TailsOS
       | which is geared towards anonymous browsing, but you can use it
       | without even using Tor. You can do all the things you expect from
       | any OS. File handling, viewing of media, etc
        
       | hardkorebob wrote:
       | https://gparted.org/livecd.php
        
       | schemescape wrote:
       | Puppy Linux would be my first choice today, but it's just a
       | personal preference.
        
         | mergy wrote:
         | Agree on Puppy. I had that running off USB for some old laptops
         | and it did quite well. I used to love Crunchbang for this sort
         | of purpose.
         | 
         | https://crunchbang.org/
         | 
         | Puppy is great though.
        
       | cpach wrote:
       | SystemRescueCD isn't too bad.
        
       | jauntywundrkind wrote:
       | I literally just copied my desktop's Debian install onto a flash
       | drive & ran systemd-boot installer from chroot (after mount
       | --bind'ing some drives in) and, boom, had a great OS that I knew
       | worked for me!
       | 
       | (Some other thanks also required i guess. Regen your machine-id.
       | I use the auto-mounting partition types but if you don't (most
       | people don't), update your fstab and kernel cmdline.)
        
       | simonblack wrote:
       | I run LinuxMint MATE on my desktop and have done so for years. If
       | I need a LiveCD/LiveUSB, I just use my LinuxMint USB install
       | stick.
       | 
       | I also have a complete system installed on a 64gig or greater USB
       | stick, as a portable backup system. But I have rarely used it. I
       | say 'stick', but it's a tiny little flat tab thing about 2cm by
       | 1cm by 1mm. (looks a bit like two micro-SD cards stuck end to
       | end.) It lives on the key-ring holding my bank-fobs.
        
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